Kyrkans
Kyrkans is the genitive form of kyrka in Swedish and is used to indicate possession or association with a church. The base noun kyrka means a church, i.e., a building used for Christian worship. The definite singular form is kyrkan, and kyrkans is used when attributing something to or belonging to the church, as in kyrkans tak (the church’s roof) or kyrkans tradition. It is not a plural form; plural definite would be kyrkorna, and the possessive plural would be kyrkornas, not kyrkans.
The word kyrka derives from Old Norse kirkja, ultimately from Latin ecclesia; Swedish inherited the term through
In contemporary Sweden, kyrkan is a general term for the Christian church and may refer to the